Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Mrs. Fanny Lou Manning Horton
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Mrs. Fanny Lou Manning Horton
    Mrs. John Hilton Horton died at 6:45 PM, Monday, June 26, 1967, in the
Baptist Memorial Hospital in San Antonio, where she had been ill for the past
seven months.
    Funeral services were held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 29, 1967, at
Crestview Christian Church in Greenville.  Dr. James Sandlin officiated and
burial was in Forest Park Cemetery, Greenville.  Sorrells and Sons Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
    Fanny Lou Manning was born June 12, 1909, in Leonard.  She was the daughter
of Lon Manning and Fanny Belle Barnes Manning.  At the time of her illness, she
was a member of the faculty of the San Antonio Public Schools.  She received
her degree from A&I College in Kingsville and attended Texas Women's University
and North Texas State University at Denton.  Mrs. Horton was a member of
Highlands Christian Church in San Antonio.
    She was married to John Hilton Horton on December 20, 1929.
    Surviving are her husband, who is Texas Department of Public Safety
supervisor of a state broadcasting station in San Antonio; one son, Jack Horton
of the US Navy at San Diego, California; one brother, Bill Manning of Dallas;
and one sister, Mrs. Jim Chervenka of Houston.  She was the daughter-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Horton and a sister-in-law of Mrs. W. T. George and Mrs.
Bruce Irwin of Greenville.  Her parents preceded her in death.
    Pallbearers were W. T. George, Bruce Irwin, Bill Irwin, Ernest Warren,
Vernon Glossup, and William Little.
    Mrs. Horton was a niece of Ray Manning and Paul Manning of Leonard, and
Mrs. Claude Meador of Whitewright.  (June 30, 1967, The Celeste Courier)